silent farm

Chapter 181 Elegance is just superficial

Regardless of what Fernando had in mind.

The four had lunch in Santarém and then returned to the farm by helicopter.The plane landed on a construction site.It was a large hole that was being dug deep.

There are eight high-power pumps in each big pit. If it is rainy, these pumps will pump water with all their strength.But now the weather is just right, these deep pits are just seeping groundwater, usually only two sets can be done.

And at the bottom of these deep pits, there are some excavators working.The excavated soil will definitely cause damage to the nearby grasslands, but Li Sheng can only do so, and in the future these places will need to mix cement, and the damage may be more serious than the soil covering.

He took the other three people to the edge of a 30-meter-long pit that had been dug to a depth of more than four meters and watched for a while.

Ali counted carefully, and there are more than a dozen that have been dug and are laying the bottom of the pit, and there are hundreds of others that are still being dug.He turned his head and asked Li Sheng, "These are the green manure composting ponds you mentioned?"

Li Sheng nodded, pointed to the ponds that were still being dug in the distance, and said, "That's right, I plan to dig about [-] such composting ponds. There are dozens more in use on the west side of the farm. That's probably enough for the entire farm."

He told Fernando and Ali about his plan to use green manure on the pasture, which is why they came here specially.They made a special trip to see this project, which also let Li Sheng see that they attached great importance to the forage business.

"So, the yield of pasture grass may be higher than we estimated before." Ali really values ​​the pasture business very much.In particular, the business model that combines pasture and cattle slaughter has benefited a lot.Maybe not as much as his income from oil.But that would be one of his highest yielding investments and would be a steady source of income.Of course, the higher the pasture yield of Silent Farm, the better.

Li Sheng also attaches great importance to the unit output of grass.He didn't know how long the pasture business could last, maybe only a few years.But if he can really spread it out, he can make enough money on this project in the first few years.In the future, it will be a small profit operation, and he doesn't care.In the first few years he not only recouped all his investment, but also accumulated enough capital to do whatever he wanted to do.

Ali thought for a while, then asked again: "Have you thought about crushing tall pastures and then compressing them before selling them? If the transportation is more convenient, pastures in other countries besides Brazil will be willing to buy them."

Li Sheng smiled and said, "Like Kuwait?"

Ali smiled and said, "Actually, many countries in the Arab world are now focusing on developing agriculture. For example, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is not only self-sufficient in grain but also exported to other Arab countries. But there are relatively few cattle breeding. Because of the lack of pasture."

Most Arab countries in the Middle East have arid climates, and oil-producing countries have sufficient funds to import food, but some countries use desalinated seawater to irrigate farmland.Just planting food can also be irrigated with desalinated water. If it is planting grass, the cost is a bit too high.Moreover, most of those countries are short of grain, most of which are needed for fattening cattle, and raising cattle with grain is also a waste.But now that the forage grass of Silent Farm appears, Ali sees the prospect of developing the cattle industry in the Middle East.

So he nodded unexpectedly to Li Sheng and said, "I do have that thought."

Li Sheng laughed and said, "Prince, do you use the pasture grass from the farm throughout the whole breeding process?" He set the price of pasture grass so high because he used the pasture grass as fattening feed.If the whole process of breeding, the cost is a bit high.

But people in the Middle East seem to be stupid if they have a lot of money. They even bought rainwater at the price of oil.Ali smiled and said, "That's right. Although the cost is relatively high, I think the people there can still afford it. After all, imported beef may not be cheaper than pasture-raised beef."

Li Sheng thought for a while and said, "But the sales of pasture grass are all out of my hands."

"Both Fernando and Raimondo have agreed to give me the feed quota of [-] head of cattle per year. So now I want to ask you and Chen. Chen, what do you think?"

Chen Bo smiled and said, "I have no objection." The quota of [-] head of cattle is not a lot.Chen Bo has no reason not to give him this face.

Of course Li Sheng would not refuse.

But Ali added: "You know, it's more expensive to ship things to the Middle East, and I hope the price can be lowered."

When he said this, of course Li Sheng would not say the wholesale price for their cooperative company, otherwise Ali would not have said this to him here.He thought for a while and said, "Eight hundred reais per ton."

"Seven hundred!" Ali was not very satisfied with Li Sheng's price reduction.Because the shipping cost is not low.

Li Sheng thought for a while and said, "Let's take the middle, 750."

Ali held out his hand, Li Sheng gave him a high five, and the deal was concluded.

Fernando saw that they had finished the conversation, and said, "Let's go and see the cattle pens built on the farm." In fact, he wanted to see the size of those cattle pens.If the cattle pens are too large, the area for pasture production will be small, which is not what he wants to see.

He was already organizing visits to Fred's farm from the ranch down south.With Fred's positive teaching materials, those farmers are more or less interested in the forage that Fernando sells.It can be said that he is already doing pre-sales promotion work.This work has been going very smoothly so far.The survey he asked people to do showed that at least 70% of the farms he visited were willing to try the pasture from Silent Farm.Although the remaining 30% are still uncertain, they are still waiting and watching. If the effect is good, he may not need to promote it in the future. Those farms are live advertisements.

Looking at the distribution of pastures in the sky, and listening to Li Sheng say that there will be about 2000 square kilometers of pastures on the farm that will be used for the production of pastures for export, he calculated it. According to the pasture production data given by Li Sheng, Silent Farm In fact, it can meet the feed needs of at least [-] million fattening cattle.He was fine with that.That's nearly double their previous estimate.

They also visited the pasture warehouse under construction.

When Fernando saw these warehouses that were several stories high and occupied a large area, he felt that Li Sheng was wasting money.In his opinion, the storage of forage grass can be done by building some sheds to keep out the rain.The construction cost of doing that may only be a few tenths of Li Sheng's construction.

And he is also looking for suitable land in various agricultural and pastoral areas in southern Brazil to store pasture.But his intention was just to give the pasture a place to shelter from the rain.He definitely wouldn't follow Li Sheng's example and set up large warehouses to store pasture.

In fact, Li Sheng also found that it is impossible to use all the warehouses to store dry pasture.When he made the prediction before, he did not consider that the cooperative company would also store some hay all over the country.

However, these warehouses under construction will not be wasted.Maybe he can find some other resources in the space that need to be cultivated indoors.

Ali and Fernando saw the two large construction sites of the farm, and each had their own thoughts.Li Sheng's daring to invest was completely beyond their expectations.

Li Sheng is rich, and they know it best.He made more than $60 billion on just the two of them.They also knew that Li Sheng had invested a lot of money in the farm before this.The two large construction sites currently under construction will cost no less than [-] million US dollars.

Li Sheng dared to spend such a large amount of money, and they could feel his confidence in the future income of Silent Farm, as well as his confidence in keeping the farm.And Fernando felt even more his special affection for Silent Farm.

The weather has been relatively fine these days, save for the occasional short-lived shower.Chen Bo definitely wants to stay on the farm today, and Fernando and Ali seem to have this plan too.Li Sheng saw that it was still early, so he proposed to play golf.

The golf course on the farm was also maintained when other sports venues were maintained.Some special clothing and utensils are also prepared.But Li Sheng really didn't use this court.The other three also agreed to his proposal, so the four drove two battery cars to play.They changed into fitting sportswear in a small building near the golf course and each chose a standard set of clubs.

Although there are no caddies, they have enough golf balls and buggies.At the first tee area, Fernando took a look at the fairway and said, "This fairway is too long. Although this fairway is good, it is not standard."

Li Sheng pointed to another white area in front, and said, "It can also be used as a teeing area. If you tee off there, the fairway is considered standard."

Fernando smiled and drove to the second teeing area on the fairway.

After all four got out of the car, Ali smiled and said, "According to international rules?"

Li Sheng is actually not interested in golf, and he doesn't know much about the rules.He smiled and said, "If it's the three of you, I agree. But if I want to join, I'm afraid I need to understand the rules first."

Fernando said with a smile: "It's okay, we can be the referee by the way."

But Chen Bo said: "The rules are there, just play according to the rules. Since we want to play, we don't need a referee. Li Sheng doesn't understand the rules, so we talk while playing. Anyway, it's just for fun."

After playing a round of machine forward according to the rules, the four of them were ready to kick off.Li Sheng was the first to touch a golf club.He let the three fight first.

The first fairway of the standard golf course is not long, and all three of them hit good shots. Fernando hit the green with one shot, and the ball finally stopped less than two meters away from the hole.

Li Sheng imitated their actions and used five shots on the first hole.And Fernando's score is two strokes, and he scored a birdie, while the other two are three strokes, which is a par.

Except for Li Sheng, everyone else at least knows how to play.Li Sheng is considered a beginner, but he gradually learned the movements to a fairly standard level, and gradually became familiar with the control of strength. After the fifth hole, he was able to hit the ball on the green almost every time.And his putts are pretty standard every time.In the end, instead, he slowly caught up to the lead Fernando.

After playing [-] holes, although there are still three holes on the course, they have no intention of continuing.No one cares about winning or losing, they are not playing games.

When they were playing, they talked about golf, and it was really like a group of golf lovers.But that would end and the subject would change.

Li Sheng knew that Chen Bo, Fernando and Ali all came with a purpose.

(End of this chapter)